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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will relocate its Atlanta operations to the former Fort McPherson Forces Command Headquarters building, bringing approximately 350 high-paying scientist and staff jobs to the site. The LRA will sell the building to Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (NYSE: DEA), which will in turn renovate and lease the building to the…

LRA and A2D Visiting Oakland City This Month Fort Mac LRA and A2D have begun construction on the new one-mile Open Access Fiber-to-the Premise Network. The crews have pulled fiber into existing conduit on the Northeast edge of the property and will be building up to Lee Street and beyond. The all-fiber optic network, called…

Fort Mac LRA is proud to sponsor the 2019 Film & Television Symposium on March 30. This event is for City of Atlanta residents to discover opportunities to plug into the film industry. RSVP: https://bit.ly/2BZomnv Parking is extremely limited – please be sure to take MARTA, walk, bike, or carpool.

Fort Mac LRA, The Collaborative Firm and Pond Host Walking Audits to Inform Transit Connectivity and Access Study On Saturday, March 9, 2019, members of the community joined with Fort Mac LRA, The Collaborative Firm and Pond to conduct a walking audit of present and future connections to the Lakewood-Fort McPherson and the Oakland City…

Please Join the Walking Audit: Saturday, March 9 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Fort Mac LRA welcomes Pond as they begin the next step to supporting the redevelopment of the Fort Mac Property. Pond’s team of professionals along with The Collaborative Firm will work with the community to conduct a Connectivity and Access Study…

On Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, the Fort Mac Financial Literacy Series kicked off with a Tax Preparedness & Preparation workshop. Hosted by ARTlanta at the Stained Gallery and presented by financial planning expert Esohe Galbreath, members of the community received an engaging and informative session that helped those in creative / self-employed industries with questions…

Recently we were delighted to be joined by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms at the Fort Mac LRA office. It was an honor and a great surprise to have her as our guest during our team’s holiday celebration. We are grateful for her taking the time to come see the exciting things happening here, and to…

With the support of a $410,000 grant funding from Invest Atlanta, Fort Mac LRA has entered into a public-private partnership with A2D to build an Open Access Fiber-to-the-Premise Network. The all-fiber optic network, called “eCommunity Fort Mac” will enable multiple service providers to deliver enhanced broadband services, at gigabit speeds, to all Fort Mac facilities….

We are tremendously grateful for the active involvement and overwhelming show of support the community demonstrated at the October Community Engagement Subcommittee (CES) meeting, tour, and vote. We recognize that this support reflects the TRUST that has been placed upon us as the Authority, and we do not take that lightly. We will continue to…